Richibucto. Ch Jesuit mission at, 234.
Richmond, Charles Lennox, third Duke of (1735-1806). Graduated at Leyden, 1753; entered the army, and distinguished himself at Minden, 1759; ambassador at Paris, 1765; secretary of state, 1766-1767; member of Pitt's Cabinet, 1783. Index: Dr Carleton appointed as preceptor to, 30. Bib.: Dict. Nat. Biog.
Richmond, Charles Lennox, fourth Duke of (1764-1819). Entered Parliament, 1790; privy councillor, 1807; lord lieutenant of Ireland, 1807-1813; governor-general of British North America, 1818-1819. Died near Richmond, Upper Canada. Index: E An unsuccessful governor, 2; his death at Richmond, 2. P Quiet rule of, 39. Bib.: Dict. Nat. Biog.; Dent, Can. Por.; Morgan, Cel. Can.; Kingsford, History of Canada.
Rickson, Lieutenant-Colonel. WM Wolfe's letter to, 72.
Riddell, Robert. BL Defeats Hincks in Oxford, 1844, 253; Hincks's petition against his election refused, 253.
Rideau Canal. Built in 1826-1832, by Colonel John By, with several companies of Royal Engineers. The first boat went through the canal in May, 1832, from Bytown (Ottawa) to Kingston. The project arose out of the War of 1812, and was mainly a military work, designed to afford a secure route for gunboats and military supplies between Montreal and the Great Lakes. This, with the other canals then built, remained under the control of the Imperial government until 1853. It was then handed over to the government of Upper Canada. In 1867 it came under the control of the Dominion government. Index: E Its origin as a military work, and importance to Upper Canada, 98. BL Its importance from a military point of view, 74. Bib.: Billings, The Rideau Canal (Women's Can. Hist. Soc. of Ottawa Trans., vol. 2).
Ridout, George. Mc Dismissed by Head, 306.
Ridout, Thomas. A United Empire Loyalist. Came to Canada in 1780; became registrar of York; and subsequently surveyor-general of Upper Canada. Index: R Surveyor-general, and member of Board of Education, 58. Bk On administrative energy of Brock, 168. Bib.: Morgan, Cel. Can.; Edgar, Ten Years of Upper Canada.
Ridout, Thomas G. (1792-1861). Born near Sorel. Removed with his family to Niagara, and later to York. At the age of nineteen appointed deputy assistant commissary-general. Resigning this office, became cashier of the Bank of Upper Canada, which position he held until his death. Index: Bk Letter from, describing condition of affairs in England in 1811, 167; on the political situation in England in 1812, 192-193. Bib.: Edgar, Ten Years of Upper Canada.
Riedesel, Frederica Charlotte Louisa (1746-1808). Wife of Baron Friedrich Adolph Riedesel; born in Bradenburg, Germany. Educated in Berlin. In 1777 accompanied her husband to Canada and was with him through the Burgoyne campaign, acting as nurse during the war. Index: Dr Her journal, 145, 159. Hd Her Canadian diary, 219-220, 239, 240, 299-304, 345.